Former Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox player Bill Buckner has died at the age of 69, and here is one news story of his death https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2...uckner-world-series-1986-dies-69-cubs-red-sox . If you take a look at the article, it begins with how he had a ball slip through his legs in the 1986 World Series, that the New York Mets would go on to win the World Series. He played for two teams that had long thrower to be cursed, that since those days and even more recently both teams have overcome their so called curses and won the World Series. And he was also seen in the movie Catching Hell.